Hi Everyone ! My name is AL & I'm new to your forum , I recently purchased a 1991 mercedes 0303 coach , my plan is to deck it out & travel ! It was a great idea until I had to pay Rego I went into vicroads and came out over $3000.00 poorer I'm just wondering is there any other way of registering it other than a bus with 3 axles ??I'm thinking if its gunna cost that to rego every year will it be even worth decking out ??thanks in advance for any advice cheers AL

You may need to have the vehicle inspected to have it reclassified after removing seats. Even though you have removed the seats, it is still a bus in the system of VicRoads. As a heavy vehicle it may not be much cheaper to register than a bus until you've completed your conversion and can have it reclassified as a motorhome.

The Phonj wrote:You may need to have the vehicle inspected to have it reclassified after removing seats. Even though you have removed the seats, it is still a bus in the system of VicRoads. As a heavy vehicle it may not be much cheaper to register than a bus until you've completed your conversion and can have it reclassified as a motorhome.

Thanks for your reply Phonj . When I asked VicRoads they told me there wasn't a category for motor home Cheers AL

Thanks guys , I know about the engineers certificate , but the problem is the tag axle !! If it only had the 2 axles it would be $660 but the cost of the 3 axle is $2726 these are just rego casts not including your tac charges which bump it up another $500

funbus wrote:club reg permit and plates the old girl

90 days use a year

$150 approx

Im sure its 25 years or older being a 303.

Sounds like you have had the RWC done recently if you were paying the rego.

Just a suggestion and definitely not illegal according to vic roads.

its just 25 years old with a build date of 5th month 1991 ! What sort of Club ? How do we go about joining a club ?cheers AL

Hi Guys ,I met with the engineer this morning & he was very helpful ! He reclassified it as a van until such time my fitout is complete & then will reclassify it as a motorhome . This should reduce the rego to about $1200 .00 which I can live with Now I've gotta get on with the fit out . He's given me some guidelines & advice to work to which is handy Thanks everyone for your help Theres bound to be more questions cheers AL

You're going to have to have it reinspected when it's done, so is there any reason for keeping it registered? If you need to move it while its being done, surely you'd be better off paying for individual permits.

I think the correct catagory in Vic is "motorised caravan". The tag shouldn't make any difference, check vicroads website for electrical, gas and typical other specs. NOTE some of the requirements shown on their website are outdated and should be questioned before spening a lot of money - like the "high exhaust exit" ruling.Club rego is not really fair................

VP is our Tourmaster coach, Vanishing Point.16.25 tonnes is the weight.If I could get 250 kilos out of her I would not need to go over the pits every year, a private certifier could do it, but I could not be bothered, Queensland Trannie is cheaper than the private certifier anyway, and I have no problem them checking the effectiveness of my brakes.